VA SB456 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 4 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0393)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 4 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0393)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman; created. Creates, within the Office of the State Inspector General, the Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman (the Office) headed by an Ombudsman who is selected by the State Inspector General. The bill creates the Corrections Oversight Committee (the Committee) made up of four members of the General Assembly, nine nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor, subject to criteria described in the bill, and two nonvoting members, appointed as described in the bill, who monitor the activities of the Ombudsman and the Department of Corrections (the Department). The bill provides the Office with authority to conduct inspections at least once every three years and more often when warranted of Department facilities and requires the Office to establish a statewide toll-free telephone number, website, mailing address, and paper and electronic forms for inmates, family members, friends, and advocates to submit complaints and inquiries. In addition, the bill requires the Committee to hold at least two public hearings per year and requires the Office to submit an annual report to be made available online and to be delivered to the Governor, the Attorney General, the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services, the House Committee on Public Safety, the Committee, and the Director of the Department. The bill directs the Office to develop a short-term and long-term strategic plan and to provide a report on its initial activities and strategic plan to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before November 15, 2025.
Title
Corrections Ombudsman, Office of the Department of; created, annual report.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-05 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-04 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-23 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) (Y: 37 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-04 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-23 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) (Y: 37 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-04 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0393) | |
| 2024-04-04 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 393 (effective 7/1/24) | |
| 2024-03-11 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| 2024-03-11 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 |
| 2024-03-09 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2024-03-08 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2024-03-08 | Senate | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB456ER) |
| 2024-03-08 | Senate | Enrolled |
| 2024-03-05 | Senate | Title replaced 24108303D-H2 |
| 2024-03-05 | Senate | House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-03-04 | House | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-03-04 | House | Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-03-04 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB456H2 |
| 2024-03-04 | House | Committeeon on Appropriations substitute agreed to 24108303D-H2 |
| 2024-03-04 | House | Committee on Public Safety substitute rejected 24108182D-H1 |
| 2024-03-04 | House | Read third time |
| 2024-03-01 | House | Read second time |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Committee substitute printed 24108303D-H2 |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-23 | House | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 2024-02-23 | House | Committee substitute printed 24108182D-H1 |
| 2024-02-23 | House | Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB456S2 |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Finance and Appropriations Committee substitute agreed to 24106708D-S2 |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee substitute rejected 24105765D-S1 |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2024-02-02 | Senate | Passed by for the day |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-31 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 24106708D-S2 |
| 2024-01-31 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 2-N) |
| 2024-01-19 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 2024-01-19 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 24105765D-S1 |
| 2024-01-19 | Senate | Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-09 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services |
| 2024-01-09 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102042D |
Same As/Similar To
HB555 (Similar To) 2024-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0392)
Subjects
Corrections Board of or Department of
Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
Study Commissions Committees and Reports
Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
Study Commissions Committees and Reports
